Example sentences of "have been [v-ing] on [art] [adj] " in BNC.
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| 1 | For the last few years , increasing numbers of southern owners have been capitalising on the relative strength of property in the South . |
| 2 | Whilst police have been investigating the savage crime … surgeons have been opearting on the savage injuries . |
| 3 | Members of an operational group at Statoil 's office in Forushagen have been working on a tender exercise with Lagos site office . |
| 4 | The Test and County Cricket Board have been working on a detailed financial plan aimed at hosting the competition for the fourth time in 1995 . |
| 5 | The Test and County Cricket Board have been working on a detailed financial plan aimed at hosting the competition on British soil in 1995 . |
| 6 | ‘ They have been working on the driving maul yet it 's not something they have been renowned for in the past . ’ |
| 7 | Royal reporters have been speculating on a new pregnancy for years , and members of the public have been no less nosy . |
| 8 | All day since dawn we have been lying on a soft bed of bluebells in a wood beside a river . |
| 9 | ‘ They have been concentrating on the targetted London seats , ’ said his agent Anne Harradine . |